My 93 Sierra has the factory 5.7 with 182K miles on it, it has been overheated and oil starved a time or two. Runs good for the most part but has some issues, has what sounds like a vacuum leak that causes it to lurch at low speeds but couldn’t find a leak so IDK. Truck is double salvaged, engine was in for the second wreck and as far as I know it was for the first as well. Overall it does its job but it has definitely seen better days.
A coworker got hit and it totaled out his ’11 Silverado with 77K miles on the LC9 5.7. Truck is pretty messed up from the wreck, very bad side swipe on the drivers side but the engine, tranny, t-case, radiator, fuel tank SHOULD all still be in working order. I told him to see how much he could buy it back for as it could make for a good donor truck.
If it was just an engine I wouldn’t be that interested as I would still have to convert everything to match, but I’m wondering if everything is still intact if I would be able to move all of the aforementioned parts over and have it be a pretty turn key operation. This would be my biggest project ever by far but I have access to lots of tools and spare vehicles to drive in the meantime while working on this.
Question is…..if I get the entire donor truck with and all of those parts are intact, does this seem like a doable/worth while undertaking? I don’t want to spend $1000-1500 on the donor just to find out I need another $2K in random parts. I don’t know for sure if it will be available, but if it does become an option I want to be able to say yes or no right away.
A coworker got hit and it totaled out his ’11 Silverado with 77K miles on the LC9 5.7. Truck is pretty messed up from the wreck, very bad side swipe on the drivers side but the engine, tranny, t-case, radiator, fuel tank SHOULD all still be in working order. I told him to see how much he could buy it back for as it could make for a good donor truck.
If it was just an engine I wouldn’t be that interested as I would still have to convert everything to match, but I’m wondering if everything is still intact if I would be able to move all of the aforementioned parts over and have it be a pretty turn key operation. This would be my biggest project ever by far but I have access to lots of tools and spare vehicles to drive in the meantime while working on this.
Question is…..if I get the entire donor truck with and all of those parts are intact, does this seem like a doable/worth while undertaking? I don’t want to spend $1000-1500 on the donor just to find out I need another $2K in random parts. I don’t know for sure if it will be available, but if it does become an option I want to be able to say yes or no right away.